1935 with 1946 spindles which drag link?

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Originally Posted by V8COOPMAN

Kevin, and a few others here...........1941 Ford spindles are frikken' ROUND.......PERIOD! SOME 1941 spindles have the rear-most DRAG LINK hole tapered from the bottom just like '37-'40 ROUND-back spindles. SOME 1941 round-back spindles have the rear-most DRAG LINK hole tapered from the TOP. If you'll read one of my earlier posts in this thread, I noted that there were two DIFFERENT drag links that can be found on 1941 Fords. One mounts the taper from the TOP, and the second mounts the taper from the BOTTOM. Whether or not it was an "early/late" thing, I ain't got a clue!

As scooder noted above, SQUARE-back spindles were used only on 1942-'48 Fords. Tom.......I have no idea what you REMEMBER the Ford dealer telling you fifty-five years ago, but if he told you that SQUARE-back spindles were '41s, he was either full of it......or lied to ya. One more thing, Tom.....I can tell you that I personally own two of these "worthless", oddball '41 spindles with the taper from the top. They're worthless on '40 and earlier 'cuz you can't utilize the '40 drag link because it'll hit the wishbone. Anyway, these oddball '41s have the same 78A- number forged into them just like the other ROUND '37 thru '40 spindles. Obviously, they were merely finish-machined (tapered) in the opposite direction in that rear hole.

If ya'll will refer back to Kevin's first un-edited post, he very clearly stated that he had "juice brakes via 1946 spindles". In fact, this thread's title notes 1946 spindles. And Kevin's picture shows SQUARE-back spindles, which are 1942-1948 ONLY.

Im not sure what post i edited? But I sent you a pm DD